Avalanche

If you've seen a lot of avalanche videos, but always wanted to see one caused by a helicopter, I can help you with that wish right now.

It's a rare thing to actually capture a video of an avalanche as it happens. It's yet another to end up being in the avalanche which is what happened a couple of days ago in Colorado.

There were two avalanches near I-70 in Colorado this past Sunday. One of them was captured in a very dramatic dash cam video.

If spend any amount of time in the mountains of Wyoming, you always need to be aware of avalanche danger. Two Wyoming snowmobile riders learned that recently as they narrowly escaped an avalanche that caught them by surprise.

The map on the website, in addition to phone recordings, will be updated as conditions change.

Park officials will closely monitor avalanche conditions and additional closures may occur.

A gust of 120 mph was reported in Clark, Wyo., on Thursday.

An avalanche suspected of being caused by a skier swept across a mountain pass in northwest Wyoming and came close to pushing one vehicle over a steep slope.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — An avalanche in Teton County killed a 30-year-old snowboarder on Tuesday.
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue identified the victim as Jed Wesley Foster, a Jackson resident formerly of Indiana.
The avalanche happened on a peak called the Pyramid, which is in the Teton Range …

The discovery of unexploded ordnance has temporarily closed the road over Sylvan Pass to Pahaska which is east of the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park, according to a news release from park on Friday afternoon.

Anyone who loves playing in the deep snow knows that their is always a danger of being hit by an avalanche. Hopefully, if indeed you are ever caught in one, you'll have a few buddies near by to try and help rescue you and dig you out.